Expand and improve the National FFA Homepage and recruitment videos, as well as create posters highlighting technology in FFA

NE BRANCH/ KC BRANCH AALAS Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture

4. Expand and improve the National FFA Homepage and recruitment videos, as well as create posters highlighting technology in FFA

5.*

Add

links

from

theNational

FFA Homepage

tothe

homepage

our

nationalsponsorsinordertohighlighttechnologyin their

companies through

virtualInternettours of theircompanies.

Teacher Recruitment/Retention

Follow through with

informativemailingstothosestudents

who mark

agriculturaleducationinterests

on

thenationalroster.

Establish ateacherrecognition

program through

the

New

^Hori-

zons

magazine,

which

highlights several agriculturaleducators per

month.

Develop

aproficiency

award which

highlights agriculturaleduca- tion as acareer.

Develop an

insertinthe

Alumni

Newsletter

which

focuses

on ways alumni can

volunteertoprovideassistancetoinstructors

and

supportlocalchapters.

Components of Agricultural Education

Make

available the regionalguide

upon

requestforteachers

needing

laboratorymaterials,resourcecontacts,

and

lessonplan ideas.

Develop

acore

curriculum

be

available

from

theNational CouncilofAgriculturalEducators highlightingthe

main

areas of agriculture.

3.*

Support

the

SAE by

providinganew,

concisedefinitionof the

SAE

as well asincorporatingitasalargerpart ofthe

FFA ma-

terials (Official

Manual,

Student

Handbook,

etc.)

and

previously

Sponsor

in-service

programs

withstatevocationalagriculture teacher organizationstobettereducateagricultureteachers

about programs and

issues available in agriculture

and

the

FFA.

Make

incentives availabletoteachers ofchapters

who meet

cer- taincriteria, forexample:

100% membership and

participation in statedegree programs,

CDEs,

proficiency programs,

and

National Superior

Chapter award

programs.

Student Involvement and Enrollment

I.* Establish acelebrity

spokesman

foragriculturaleducation

and FFA

toprovide

more media

coveragetoinformthepublic

about

the

changes

inagnculturaleducation

and FFA.

2. Revisethecurrentagriculturaleducation

and FFA pamphlets

that areprovided.

Develop one

geared

toward

administration

show-

ing

academics and

lifetrainingskills,

and

another geared

toward

students

showcasing

fun

and

rewardingopportunities.

Career

show

visitorswereinvitedtosendelectronicpostcards to thefolks at

home

courtesyofthe FFA.Itwasagreatwaytointroduce

members

to computersand Internet technology, and bestofall,nopostagenecessary.

3. Providestateassociations

with

information focusing

on

successful core40, block scheduling,

and

collegepreparationprograms.

4. Createa

curriculum

for

an

agricultural

consumer

class thatin- cludeslifeskills. (Forexample,fertilizing alawn,

changing

car oil,landscaping.)

Respectfully Submitted:

Amanda

Smith,FL(Chair) Jake Yancey,

WA

(ViceChair) JoshuaHicks,

LA

IrisPeeler,

SC Tim

McDermott,IL

Amanda

Hofmann,

MO

BradWeston,IA BetsyBianchi,

MN

Clay Wells,

KY

Lindsey

Bugbee.CA

Jordan C.Freeman,

TX Adam

Verner,

GA

Amanda

^Sands,

AR

DavidMiller,

OK

RandyFisher,

OH

Jodi Evans,

NE

KarenReed,PA

Genny

Schutz,IL DeidraLiggett,

TX Adam

Byrd.TX LaurenGreen,

CA

Lisa-MarieEhlerding,

OH

KevinCalloway.AL

* Indicates priorityrecommendation

Thomas

Goodhue,IA

Adam

Hebert,Rl Jacquelyn Kuykendall.TX AdamTibbetts,

OK Amber

Drees,

NC

Beau Anderson,

MT

Koby

D Reed.TX

Chris Bielmyer.VA GarrettHawkins,

MO

KevinLuiz,

CA

ClintHubbard,

GA

EricZellmer.WI

Roo

Parag,

DE

MarneeMitchell,

AZ

DustinKittle,

AL

David Brightwell.AR ChristinaAbe,

CA

StaceyStearns,

CT

BenButler,FL ChrisGeswein,IN

JillCasten,

KS

Dusty Moore,

TX

Arlaina

Gonske.WI

Chapter ^Activities

We recommend:

Program Development

* Designarecruitment packetavailable

on

diskthroughthesupply servicetoincludethefollowing:recruitment

workshop

lesson plans, visualaids,videos,

sample

letters toparents,activitiesfor

younger members, and

educational

workshops

toinformthe

com- munity and

school administrationabout FFA.

2*

Offerstudentsinternshipswith

major

agriculture

companies

throughtheNational

FFA

Organization.

Expand

thecontentofrecruitmenttrainingat

NLCSO ^and ^BLAST OFF

Promote CDEs

designedfordifferentagegroups.

Add

Greenhand

Page

and

aParentPageⁱⁿ

FFA New

Horizons.

Develop

amotivationalretention packet.

Use

theNational

FFA Homepage

an

informationalsource

on

careeroptions, college partnerships,

and

scholarshipoptions. Ex-

pand

theinterestassessmenttoinclude

careeroptions

and

possible

CDEs.

Program Evaluation

L* Develop

astandardized

form

to collectinnovativefundraismgac- tivities

and

funding sources(grants,etc).

Compile

ideas into a publicationavailabletochapters.

2. * Offer interactivevideos

and workshop

presentationsreadyfor state associations

and

localchaptersto

promote

thefollowingareas:

ProjectPALS, Agri-ScienceFair/StudentRecognition,

Food

for America,InternationalOpportunities,NationalChapter Award,

H.O.

Sargent

Award, and

Entrepreneurship.

3. Establish arecognition

program

atthestate levelforProject

PALS modeled

aftertheNationalChapter

Award

Program.

4. Continuetorecognizeaward

program

winnersin

FFA New

Horizons.

Improve

accessibilityof

award

applications

by making them

available

on

theNational

FFA Homepage.

6. Supporttheeffortsofrewording

award

applicationsto

improve

students'understanding.

Diversity and Inclusion

1.* Createarecruitmentvideotargetedatthechapterlevelwiththe intentto

promote

diversitytoincludeinformation aboutthefol- lowing:

H.O.

Sargent Award, AgriscienceFair,National

FFA Band and

Chorus,non-traditionalSupervisedAgriculturalExperience Programs/ProficiencyAwards,

and

otherdiverse

FFA

activities.

2. * Create

an

artexhibitatthenational

FFA

conventionthatshowcases

FFA members'

artistictalent.

3. Incorporatediversity

and

includetraining instate officerleadership

programs

(i.e.

BLAST OFF

^StatePresidents'Conference, National Leadership Conferencefor StateOfficers,

and

national

FFA

convention.).

4. Create

web

pagestargetedatallchapterswithlinksto

FFA

applications(i.e.

H.O.

Sargent,AgnscienceFair),financialopportunities (scholarships,awards,grants,etc.),

and

traditional

and

non-tradi- tionalSupervised Agncultural Experience Programs.

5. Feature

FFA members'

art

work

inthe

FFA New

Horizons magazine.

Encourage

advisors

and members

tocreateor participatein local, state,

and

national

exchange programs

inordertoincreasediversity.

Chapter Relations

* Create curriculum informationthathelpsintegrateagncultureinto classessuchasscience,math,

and communications

(i.e.biological or physical scienceappliedtoagriculture).

2. * Securefundingto

send

administratorstonational

FFA

convention.

3. Educatenon-agriculturalorientedadministrators

and

teachers

by

inviting

them

FFA

functions.

Accomplish

this

by gaming

en-

dorsements from

teachergroups

and

organizations,

and

sending informationto theaforementionedteacher organizationsabout our

programs

(i.e.AgriscienceFair,contests,etc).

4. Contactnationalnon-agriculture

media

forcoverageinallareasof

media

(i.e.

Newsweek, The Today

Show,

Oprah,

etc.).

5. Create

an

informationpacket explainingstep-by-step

community

service

programs

(i.e.ProjectPALS, HabitatforHumanity).

6. Createan

academic

challenge

program

dealingwithagriculture, similarto

Odyssey

of the

Mind

toinclude: agricultureengineering, science,

and

business/financial aspects.

7. Createa

forum

atnational

FFA

conventionofnon-agriculturalstu- dents

and

teacherstogive their

view on

issuespertinenttoFFA.

8. Createanational

award

foradministratorsbased

on

theirsupport of

and

involvementintheFFA.

9. Createanationalpublicationforadministrators

and

counselors withagricultureeducation

programs

tofocus

on

careersuccess

and

studentinvolvementsimilartoLeadership Connections

and FFA

Advisors

Making

aDifference.

10.

Develop

program

forchapterofficerstopresenttoteachers

and

administratorsabouttheFFA.

1 1

Createabookletoflettersof satisfaction

and

approvalof the

FFA by

publicofficials,universities,

and

influentialpeople.

Respectfully Submitted:

BenGrove,

VA

(Chair) Jay Harris,^IL(ViceChairman) JoshDozier.AL

Matt Parnell.AL Angela N. Poole,

AR

BrianFuller.AZ Matt Archer,

CA

AprilChaney,

CA

Tracy Haas,

CA

Kevin Mathy,

CA

HeatherAttardo,

CT

CaseyFerguson,FL

Mary Ann

Davis,

GA

NateGibson, IA NateOlson,IL StaciaJ.Cash, IN Tara Cockrell,

KY

DevinSchievling,

KS

ShellyC.Fontenot,

LA

CorrineBlum,

MA

Kristy Soucier,

ME

LisaPosthumus,Ml DarinMadson,

MN

Indicates priorityrecommendation

Justin

Downs, MS

Kelley Rohlfing,

MO

Aaron Messer,

NC

Jon ^Solberg,

ND

BradyM.Fritz,

NE

Nichole Steward, NJ FlintWright,

NV

JulieChance,

OH

GingerBright,

OK

MelRayAlbright,

OK

AllysonCole,

PA

LynnetteSorrentini,

PR

JasonCreamer,

SC

TiffanyAnderson,

SD

Matt Barnes,

TN

Meredith

Cook.TX

TrentMcKnight.TX

Cade

Morris,

TX

ErinSchroeder.TX JustinSelman,

UT

Nathan

Hahner.WA

Sara

Zimmerman, Wl

TraciWalton,

WY

Career Success activities We recommend:

American FFA Degree

Keep

thepresentrequirementsthe

same

^forthe

American FFA

Degree.

Ask

theNational

Task

Force

on

Agricultural Proficienciesto

clearlydefine theterms

used

inthe

American FFA Degree

appli- cation.

3. * Presentrecipients

with

a wallet-sizedcardthat identifies

them

an American FFA Degree

recipient.

Commend

theNational

Task

Force

on

Agricultural Proficiencies fortheirservicetotheorganization

and encourage them

tocon- tinue their

hard work.

Seek

sponsor

for ascholarshipforrecipientsof the

American FFA

Degree.

6. Recognize

American FFA Degree

recipients

through

a"paradeof recipients"allowing

them

walk through during

asessionother thanthe

award

session.

7.*

Add

astatement

about

candidates' integritytothe

American FFA Degree

applicationinadditiontocurrent signature statements.

8.* EncouragetheNationalTask Force

on

AgnculturalProficienciesto

no

longerpursue

FFA

degreesforjuniorhigh

members,

butinstead seektoincreaseretention

by promoting

achievementintheFFA.

Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

1.*

Develop

marketing

planthat

promotes

thesimplicity,rewards

and

benefits,

and

the

importance

SAE

programs.

2*

Provideinformative

workshops and

othermaterialsforadvisorsthat

would

encourageinvolvementof

SAE

intheclassroom curriculum.

3. Setguidelinesto

what an

acceptable

SAE

is,asappliedtoana- tional

award

or recognition.

Promote SAE

middle

school programs.

5. Increaseawarenessof

how SAE

can

compare

work-based

training.

Career Development Events

Review

allcurrent

and proposed

Career

Development

Eventsfor possible clustering

and combining

ofall

CDEs

that are related to the

same

^career.

2.*

Produce

aSpanish versionof theOfficial

FFA Manual

including

CDE

material,supplied

by

theNational

FFA

Organization.

Develop

aSpanishdivision ofallCareer

Development

Events

(i.e., publicspeaking,parliamentaryprocedure)

Review

allcurrent

CDEs,

lookingspecificallyattheintegrationof technologyas

new

innovationsarise.

5.* Maintainanon-restricted

number

ofcareer

development

events soasnottohinder growth,

and

maintainthecurrentsystemsof

minimum

participationstandardsforcareer

development

events.

Proficiency Awards

Follow

the

recommendations

of theNationalTask Force

on

Agri- cultural Proficiencies.

2* _Award

_as

many

proficiencyareas as

funding

allows,separating entrepreneurship

and placement

categories.

Awards should be

relevant to thecurrentagricultural industry,

and should change

as theindustryevolves.

Revisetheapplication

by adding

threereferences

(name,

title, address,

phone number)

tothe

resume and add

thefollowing questions.

How

has

your FFA

experience benefited

your

project?

b. Ifgiventhetime

and

resources,

what

one improvement you would make

your

project?

Requireatleast

one

proficiency

judge

have

experienceorin-

volvement

in that areaof the industry.

Respectfully submitted:

BarretHargrave,

LA

(Chair) LisaSchaneman,

NE

(Co-Chair) Felicia

Coe.AL

Adam McGee.AL Lem Wheeles.AK

SheriYoungblood,

AR

JamieRovey.AZ KristenCallens,

CA

ScottGrumbles,

CA

Chris

Madsen.CA

MollyBrown,

CO

ErinSepe,

CT

ChrisVitelli.FL Jonathan Ayers,

GA

KyleBymaster,IN JaymaAppleby, IA jennySchaefer,IL

MattWalters,

KS

AnthonyKoch,

KY

ChristinWeeks,

LA

JeremyDaberkov,

MN

DennisPeterson,Ml

JoshlinYoder,

MO

ChrissyHopkins,

NM

DennisPerkins,

NM

SabrinaKimrey,

NC

GregMostad,

ND

DavidAndre,

OH

Jason

Oman, OH

David

Deskin.OK

BrettJeter,

OR

LaurieBish,PA Zoila Rodriguez,

PR

NathanSanderson,

SD

Jarrod Jordan,

TN

Karen

Newman, TN

Jimmy Birkhead.TX

Wendy

Palmore.TX

Tommy

Seay.TX MerdithSchacht.TX KaseeSweat,

UT

Tarinda

Shawman.VA

Becky Isenhart.WA Tolea

Kamm.WI

DerinTangwall.WI

FFA

members

"learnby doing"inthe National Career DevelopmentEvents duringthe convention. This

member

ischoosing theperfectblossomsto createaflowerarrangementduring theFloriculture contest.

' Indicatespriorityrecommendation

T-/C-0-

Dalam dokumen Proceedings, 1998 (Halaman 66-69)

Expand and improve the National FFA Homepage and recruitment videos, as well as create posters highlighting technology in FFA

NE BRANCH/ KC BRANCH AALAS Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture

4. Expand and improve the National FFA Homepage and recruitment videos, as well as create posters highlighting technology in FFA

Add

from

FFA Homepage

homepage

our

companies through

Teacher Recruitment/Retention

Follow through with

who mark

on

program through

New

zons

which

month.

Develop

award which

Develop an

Alumni

which

on ways alumni can

and

Components of Agricultural Education

Make

upon

needing

and

Develop

curriculum

be

from

main

Support

SAE by

more

SAE

FFA ma-

Manual,

Handbook,

and

recommended

Sponsor

programs

about programs and

and

FFA.

Make

who meet

100% membership and

CDEs,

and

Chapter award

Student Involvement and Enrollment

spokesman

and FFA

more media

about

changes

and FFA.

and FFA pamphlets

Develop one

toward

show-

academics and

and

toward

showcasing

and

show

home

members

with

on

and

curriculum

an

consumer

Chapter ^Activities

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